Monthly Archive:: November 2010

By Brian Summerfield, Online Editor, REALTOR® Magazine The latest in a crowd of pronouncements that the recession is officially behind us comes from economic analyst Barry Ritholtz, whose book I reviewed a while ago. Ritholtz, one of the most...

By Robert Freedman, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine Shortly after the federal government enacted sweeping healthcare reform earlier this year, there was considerable concern over a last-minute addition to the legislation: a 3.8 percent tax on investment income of upper-income...

By Robert Freedman, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine All REALTORS® know how to use the term REALTOR®—until they don’t. The fact is, even members of NAR occasionally slip up and use “REALTOR®” as a generic term for real estate sales...

By Todd Carpenter, Social Media Manager, National Association of REALTORS® Long before working here at NAR, I ran a mortgage industry insider’s blog called lenderama. We talked about the real estate market, sales tools, government policies, and emerging technologies....

By Katherine Tarbox, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine Every time I saw the June 2004 REALTOR® Magazine cover with Wade Hanson in the opening credits of this season’s “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump, I realized that the honor of being...

By Erica Christoffer, Multimedia Web Producer, REALTOR® Magazine On this Veterans Day, take the time to learn what you can do as a real estate professional to make a difference in the lives of returning Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers. One...

By Wendy Cole, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine REALTOR® Magazine wants to hear from broker-owners who have substantially updated or redesigned their brokerage space over the past two years. To participate in the contest, please go to http://www.realtor.org/rmobrokers/articles/2010/brokeragedesigncontest to complete an online form. Winners...

By Wendy Cole, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine It was a fabulous night for country music sensation Miranda Lambert who took home four wins Wednesday at the Country Music Association Awards. The importance of “home” was similarly feted last night as Lambert’s moving performance in “The...